Dr Meredith Nirui, Phd Email & Phone Number

New South Wales, Australia

Help teenagers through various methods with the aim to improve resilience, problem solving skills and elp seeking behaviour.

Sydney, Australia

Cumberland Campus

Under leadership/sponsorship of Executive Medical Services, Innovation and Redesign, work in collaboration with senior hospital staff, Western Sydney Medicare Local and other stakeholders towards developing/localising HealthPathways for Western Sydney. Western Sydney HealthPathways is based on 'Whole of District' approach and aims to streamline services by providing local information to primary care providers on assessment, management and referral of patients. HealthPathways is also a platform for identifying redesign opportunities and promoting evidence based 'Models of Care'. HealthPathways objectives are in line with those of the CHR that is to improve health outcomes, reduce per capita cost of care and to improve patients and their carers’s journey.

Project management, research design, implementation and evaluation, multidisciplinary team work. Projects involved Resilience and Sense of Coherence in Homeless families in Sydney, Transport and Health Outcomes, Contaminated Bore Water, diabetes in Aboriginal people, Mercury exposure in Botany, Vascular disease health outcomes, transport in Aboriginal community, Housing for Health, Lung Health in Aboriginal people, family homelessness in Sydney. Writing reports, briefs and articles. A report on homelessness was prepared and presented at the Parliament House by the Minister in 2013.Formation and provision of executive support to suicide prevention initiative among inmates. Conduct research by reviewing mortality data and triangulating the data with coronial file review of cases. Informing policy and practice based on research results. Advice Chief Executive on matters related to suicide risk factors and intervention strategies.

Sydney Childrens' Hospital

Staff management, leadership and vision in regard to contentious clinical issues, such as emergency department admission, bed closures and requirements of some rural hospitals, lead research projects relevant to evidence-based child health and facilitate transfer of knowledge into policy and practice, allocate annual GESCHN funding to the value of $2 million, provide executive assistance to three network committees, facilitate implementation of clinical practice guidelines in collaboration with GESCHN nurses, work in collaboration with a multidisciplinary group of clinicians, administrator, researchers and policy-makers.

Royal South Sydney Hospital

Executive support to the Area Health Outcomes Council that comprised LHD CE, Chair of the Board and Department Heads . Management of several Advisory Groups and their Project Officer. Design, implement and evaluate various projects, including vascular disease prevention, TIA, asthma, diabetes and palliative care initiatives.

Project management, Policy development, Allocation of $1.2 million to rural youth suicide projects. Review of the existing projects and their progress. Organisational development through organising workshops and seminars for rural project managers in Sydney. Inviting guest speakers and facilitating discussion groups. Co-authoring the first 'Whole of Government Suicide Prevention Strategy' in NSW. Preparing Ministerial Briefs and advising Director General on youth suicide incidents.

Royal South Sydney Hospital

Work in collaboration with senior management and clinical champions to address injuries, including childhood injuries and self-inflicted injuries in young people. Conducting research on burden of disease and translating evidence into practice. Review of policy guidelines surrounding ED presentation of self-poisoning, triangulating data with medical record and introducing innovative approach to change outcomes of health. Forming multidisciplinary teams of professionals to lead the way in suicide prevention. Providing advice to senior management on quality of care, mortality and morbidity data and evidence based health care. Work in close collaboration with NGOs, NSW Coroner's Office, NSW Police, carers and other stakeholders towards the same goal. Conducting research and evaluation linked to childhood injuries. Peer review publications on ED presentation.

Long Bay Jail

Formation and provision of executive support to suicide prevention initiative among inmates. Conduct research by reviewing mortality data and triangulating the data with coronial file review of cases. Informing policy and practice based on research results. Providing advice Chief Executive on matters related to suicide risk factors and intervention strategies.

University Of Nsw

Managing Biomechanics Laboratory, comparing impact of exercise on patients with OA by measuring and analysing 'ground reaction forces', using force platform. In collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, write the first article ever to be published through this Laboratory. Teaching OH&S to postgraduate students. Examination, site visits, marking and tutoring of safety science students.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Social Science And Policy

Unpacking the Mystery of Health and Wellbeing: Homeless Families in Sydney

Postgrad Certificate Of Management, Business Administration And Management, General

Master'S Degree, Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Debate Team

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Physiotherapy, First Class Honours